Sports Archive

When the people of Crestview talk, the city government does its best to listen and accommodate the request of the citizens.

One thing people have been talking about across town and the United States is pickleball. As the people of the community made their voices heard desiring pickleball courts, the city responded building two at Blackwater Golf Course.

Crestview High School baseball coach Tim Gillis has announced the cancellation of the 2023 Justin Richards Scholarship Baseball Tournament. Weather was the culprit in making the decision.

At this time last year Connor Williams was an assistant coach for the Crestview High School girls basketball team helping his father, Steve Williams, with the Lady Bulldogs. When Steve accepted a job at Paxton a few weeks later, Connor was promoted to head coach. All Connor did in his first season was lead the Lady Bulldogs to the district championship and the second round of the playoffs.

Layland Albritton has his own unique football journey. A Baker resident, Albritton didn’t grow up playing youth-league football.

For those that might be uninformed, don’t look now, but pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country. It is estimated that almost five million people now play the sport worldwide. And Crestview is joining the pickleball craze. There are now eight city-owned courts in Crestview. Two are at Blackwater Golf Course and the other six recently opened at Twin Hills Park.

Summertime is here and to many people that means it’s pool season. If you, a family member or a close friend, have a pool, the next few months will be filled with many hours taking a dip to avoid the summer heat.

When the people of Crestview talk, the city government does it’s best to listen and accommodate the request of the citizens. One thing people have been talking about across town and the United States is the sport of pickleball. As the people of the community made their voices heard desiring pickleball courts, the city responded building two at Blackwater Golf Course.

Early each summer the Crestview High School baseball team celebrates one of its own that left too soon. The Justin Richards Scholarship Baseball tournament has been a fixture on the Bulldog summer schedule since 1996. The tournament helps raise money for a scholarship honoring Richards, who was a senior on the Crestview baseball team when he lost his life in a car accident on January 20, 1996.

Brandon Reyes graduated from Crestview High School on May 25. And as they are fond of saying at CHS, “Once a Bulldog, always a Bulldog.”

Reyes will continue his soccer career at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss., in the fall. Fittingly enough, Holmes also has the Bulldogs mascot.

The Baker Gators played their spring football game on May 16. They will return to the field for some workouts on Monday, June 12. Gator coach Barry Gardner is ready to welcome his players back after the four-week break.